This is the most absurd and childish series of political disaster and attempt for self-destruction coming out of this country in years. They have done similar stuff in the past, but this is got to be the best one ever. Seriously, what were they thinking?

6:21 pm June 26, 2013

lol wrote:

This article is used to incite WSJ has written this article.

6:48 pm June 26, 2013

black bean. wrote:

South Korea Being South Korea........

They were known as a country which achieved industrialization and democracy, but what Korea is not what they are known as.

They achieved the industrialization under their people's enormous sacrifice that riches the WEALTH PEOPLE, called JAEBOL(='재벌') in Korean.
and they achieved the democracy by the help of may Korean students and many people who devoted their lives to the "DEMOCRACY" and the DEMOCRACY is still incomplete.

Some people have doubt that current Korean president Park Geun-Hye is elected by wrong election using the power of KCIA(Korean Central Information Agency) and this doubt is not cleared and increasing more and more.

That kind of situation makes her(Park Geun-Hye) make a decision to make things better.
But her solution make things worse. (The chief of KCIA have discovered Korea's top secret document to defend him and Korean president without any legal cause. and his decision might be Park Geun-Hye's order.)

The political situation gets worse and Korea have it presidential crisis of the "Illegal Election".

and This kind of presidential doubt and political catastrophe is one of its repeated history.

...Shame on you, Park Geun-Hye.

7:01 pm June 26, 2013

park wrote:

In Korea, NIS-the intelligence agency controls internet.
They can easily manipulate public opinions with massive postings on some influential bulletins.
Korean people are stupid enough believing the information produced by the agency.
That's why Ms Park the current president was elected in last presidential election.

7:14 pm June 26, 2013

Peter Park wrote:

I am deeply ashamed of the propaganda mongers who wrote the above comments. I can only surmise that they are North Korean Internet soldiers... part of 30,000 internet troop who work around the clock to spread misinformation on the internet.

7:39 pm June 26, 2013

Peter Parker wrote:

lol I can't understand this korean.
Why he is writing this article even he is at korea?
I think he is using WSP for propaganda for 'america thinks....' lol

Former NIS head, Mr. Lee Jae Jung's argument that the former president Roh never gave up NLL is farfetched and distorts the truth of Mr. Roh's position of NLL. Putting the NLL on the discussion table with the North itself is giving up NLL. South Korean President has every constitutional duty and obligation to recover territory held illegally by any enemy of the state. It is not for negotiation, period.

7:59 pm June 26, 2013

Ilbe King wrote:

The NIS released the NLL related documents following legal procedure. It did not leak, not did it break any law.

Former NIS head, Mr. Lee Jae Jung's argument that the former president Roh never gave up NLL is farfetched and distorts the truth of Mr. Roh's position of NLL. Putting the NLL on the discussion table with the North itself is giving up NLL. South Korean President has every constitutional duty and obligation to recover territory held illegally by any enemy of the state. It is not for negotiation, period.

7:59 pm June 26, 2013

역시 기레기 wrote:

역시 기레기 신문회사 기자 다운 기사.. 잘봤어요. 축하해요.

8:02 pm June 26, 2013

vaudeville wrote:

oh god why is ilbe infesting this wesite... art thou not ashamed

8:04 pm June 26, 2013

curt k. wrote:

It's not exactly damaging to the national security and it's not a "leak," as you call it, unlike the Snowden case.

8:28 pm June 26, 2013

let's stay central wrote:

Mr.Jun, I sincerely hope you have read the entire transcript. If you have common sense and proficiency in the Korean language, you should be able to conclude that Mr. Noh made it clear that "there should be a change in the current status of the Northern Limit Line," and he was willing to act upon such statement, even though there is no explicit phrase of "giving it up."However, the aforementioned change in the NLL apparently invades the offshore border and territory of the Republic of Korea, which in turn may cause DPRK's naval ships (since all the ships in the North officially belong to the DPRK's Navy) to freely pass the border, an indication that Mr. Noh's conversation with Kim is axiomatic to "giving it up." Mr. Jun, please process the information fully and make a stance prior to getting your political view in the way, if it was the case.
I appreciate your previous writings though.

8:31 pm June 26, 2013

kenneth wrote:

unbelievable

8:38 pm June 26, 2013

Pete Mitchel wrote:

The same with Peter Park..
Those kind of articles are used in Korean newspapers to propagate that American elite media thinks like this..How clever and cunning Koreans are!!!! disgusting people!

It's unbelievable that the president Roh who democratically represented Republic of Korea at that time was negotiating with the world most malicious dictator regarding the sea territory of the country in favor of their political interest without any prior consensus or any transparent post meeting description to the people in South Korea of the understanding and agreement exchanged between them.

11:48 pm June 26, 2013

korean-patriot wrote:

this is blog!!!!!!!
blog is no newspaper ok????
blog=newspaper <--- this is jongbookjwabbal's lie..ok??????
don't believe this lie.
wsj blog is no newspaper.
jongbookjwabbal=north korean spy
korea is pride.
samsung is korean company.
jongbookjwabbal is communist.
they want to destroy samsung and korea capitalism

11:55 pm June 26, 2013

korean-patriot wrote:

foreigner don't believe this article lie.
we korean pride ok??
samsung is korean. psy is korean.
korean 5000 years history.
wallstreejournal koreaintime is blog
blog writer is no jounalist
blog is no newspaper.

1:12 am June 27, 2013

annony wrote:

south kor and us have been on close connection each other then shall our ally of deep root never fall apart

6:41 am June 27, 2013

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10:46 am June 27, 2013

Non-idiot wrote:

This article is utter rubbish. If you can read Korean and actually read the article,
you will realise how clear Roh was in willing to give up the NLL in exchange for better relationship with NK. It's so disappinting to even have this article on a WSJ-affiliated website. Shame on WSJ.

10:47 am June 27, 2013

Non-idiot wrote:

*If you can read Korean, and actually read the transcript

2:41 pm June 27, 2013

joe wrote:

Park Jung Hee created the Korean CIA, and it in turn created the presidency for Park Jung Hee's daughter Park Geun Hae fifty some years later. Father used guns and bullets to take over Korea. The daughter used the institutions her father created to take over the country. Sad days for the Korean people.

Thank you. This was a badly-needed, succinct summarization of the deplorable situation in South Korea. But who cares, conservatives are going to get re-elected every time by the willfully ignorant and unknowing.

Mr. Roh wanted to jointly develope the Hangang river delta with North Korea because there is sand worth 2.8 billion dollars . Kim also loved the idea and said let's do it if there is money to be made. There are two international airports in Hangang river delta plus a major port and easy access to the center of Seoul. If this is not giving away our country what is? Please read the transcript properly. Also NK hackers are everywhere and we have pro north idiots living in the south with bad grammar. I am a middle aged woman and I feel nothing but anger towards our ex-president who anyways jumped to death because of the impending criminal investigation on illegal financial gains.

4:42 pm June 28, 2013

So SAD wrote:

Korea is still politically underdeveloped country. when I criticize politician for corruption, some people tell me social straggler. The best way to be a good people is to keep my silence. it's like north korea which is the biggest enemy of corrupt politician.